For only the second time this season horses came under orders for a Hawick Horse Racing Association flapping meeting last Saturday at the Marchwinds meeting. The two previous meetings had to be cancelled due to ground conditions at Hawick Moor, and a good entry of horses led to an exciting day’s racing for the crowd....
Two young Denholm mountain bikers are celebrating after they were crowned Scottish Downhill Association series winners and Scottish champions last weekend....
Linden had their final run out before commencing their League campaign next weekend when East 1 side Portobello made the trip to Volunteer Park. With each side missing a few players it was still a useful and very competitive work out for both teams with the visitors eventually stretching away to a 44-24 victory....
A Dean McColm goal was enough to book Hawick Waverley their passage into the second round of the Scottish Amateur Cup. In their first outing in the competition for seven years, Waverley had to go every inch of the way to gain the honours in a hard-fought, gritty encounter. The first half conjured up few...
Hawick Linden kick off their Tennent’s East Region League Two campaign tomorrow against Leith with Matthew Bell likely to be at stand-off. Bell, 20, is now in his third season with the Volunteer Park outfit and has tended to play on the wing or at full-back....
Hawick stand-in skipper Ali Weir wants his side to cut out the errors which saw them slip to defeat against Melrose last week when they travel to Boroughmuir tomorrow in week two of the Tennent’s Premiership. With stand-off Lee Armstrong back after missing the Greens’ 48-19 opening loss to last year’s champions through injury, Weir...
High school pupil Martin Goldie led the charge at this year’s Tennis Border Junior Confined. The 14-year-old district squad player was in fine form in a close final against Luke Townsend of St Boswells to become Borders’ boys 14 and under champion. ...
Nikki Walker was just a young player making his way in the game when he helped Hawick lift two top-flight titles....
Hawick Waverley bid to maintain their unbeaten start to the season against Carluke Hearts in the first round of the Scottish Amateur Cup at Wilton Lodge Park on Saturday....
Hawick suffered a 73-10 mauling at Malleny Park last Saturday as Currie Chieftains ran riot in the Greens’ final pre-season outing. “We were going not too badly in our build-up to the season until that point,” said head coach George Graham after the game. ...
Following a decent midweek showing against Easthouses Lily, hopes were high that Hawick Royal Albert could perhaps be getting back on track. With a much changed line up the Royalists, however, hit the buffers. For as the scoreline suggests, Newtongrange Star were the only side to shine at Albert Park on Saturday....
More than 200 runners took their marks for the Teviotdale Harriers 10k, 5k and fun run on Sunday....
Hawick U-18s finished their pre-season games with a hard-fought 36-35 win against a strong Dunfermline side at McKane Park. ...
Ebor victor Nakeeta aims to earn a place in the history books as he bids for a second successive title in Britain’s richest Flat handicap at York on Saturday for Teri trainer Iain Jardine....
Hawick new boy Frankie Robson has returned to Scotland after spells in New Zealand and Sheffield – and is looking forward to hitting the ground running in the Tennent’s Premiership with the Greens....
Hawick-raised rugby player Lisa Thomson turns 21 early next month – and she cannot wait to continue her exciting sporting journey at a new club this season. Recently centre Thomson – along with fellow Hawick girl Lana Skeldon – was named as one of eight contracted female players by Scottish Rugby....